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Auction 181, Lot 663

"India Orientalis", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Southern & Southeast Asia

Period: 1607 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Black & White

Size:
7.2 x 5.6 inches
18.3 x 14.2 cm
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Fine example of this reduced version of Jodocus Hondius' important map of mainland Southeast Asia. It covers the region from the Indian sub-continent through Burma and Thailand, to the Philippines and extends to the tip of the Malaysian peninsula with parts of Borneo and Sumatra. It depicts the classical view of the river systems originating in a mythical Chiamai Lacus. India is much too narrow, Ceylon is overly large, and two large lakes are depicted in China. Latin text on verso, published in the first edition of the Atlas Minor.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8400:351.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with light toning and scattered foxing, much of it in the blank margins. There is an old stamp in the bottom right corner of the sheet.

Estimate: $180 - $210

Sold for: $240

Closed on 2/10/2021

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